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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 2,730 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
4 ST ANDREWS CHURCHYARD, PENRITH, CA11 7YE
Received 22 Nov 2012Barn B, Aikrigg Farm (YDNP), Killington, Carnforth, LA6 2HD
Received 15 May 2014Kendal Rugby Union Football Club, Mint Bridge, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6NY
Received 3 Feb 2021SANDS METHODIST CHURCH, THE SANDS, PENRITH
Received 23 Mar 19992 Eskrigg Lane Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0EG
Received 12 Jan 2026The Old Haybarn Fell Lane PENRITH CA11 8BJ
Received 22 Nov 2023ROUNDTHORN HOUSE, PENRITH, CA11 8SJ
Received 4 May 20213 Garth Heads, KENDAL, LA9 4JL
Received 17 Dec 2020ROOKERY FARM, CROSBY GARRETT, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 10 Aug 2000CONISHEAD PRIORY, NR ULVERSTON
Received 12 May 20003 BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 29 Oct 2021STONE FAULDS FARM, BROADFIELD, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 12 Sept 2001Seasalter LTD Roosebeck ULVERSTON LA12 0RF
Received 19 Mar 202625 GREENSIDE, KENDAL, LA9 5DU
Received 12 May 2004HUNTER HALL SCHOOL, PENRITH, CA11 8UA
Received 16 Jul 20211-37 THE CRESCENT, CLIFFORD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8QE
Received 19 Jun 2014Fayrestowe, 82 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 5DT
Received 17 Jun 2022Hartlands, 2 Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 5 Jul 2021GRASSGILL HOUSE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PT
Received 7 Oct 2016BOLTON MILL CARAVAN PARK, BOLTON MILL, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AL
Received 24 Jul 2020Well House Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9QY
Received 21 Sept 2026Cocklea Barn, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NR
Received 3 Mar 201528 HELME DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 22 Apr 20022 SANDS ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PR
Received 18 May 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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